Frame for building openings



July 23,- 1929; c GlFFORD 1,721,950

FRAME FOR BUILDING OPENINGS filed June 6, 192'! Patented July 23, 1929.

UNITED STATEfi CHARLES RGIFFORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

r" FRAME FOR BUILDING OPENINGS.

Application filed June 6,

The present invention relates to frames for building openings or the like, such as doors, windows and like and similar constructions.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a novel frame construction which eliminates the necessity of templet hardware for backing parts at the hinge and lock portions as heretofore required, as well as providing for a frame in which a door may be hung four ways without any change in the frame. Another object is to provide a frame which when once built up will not have any wind in the jamb or door, so that the door when mounted, may be in proper line and plane irrespective of any builders tolerance or error in the construction of the same.

The invention also coniprehends the providing of a buck with a channel in the door or window way, into which channel a jamb member, such as a wooden jamb piece, may be fitted. The door may be connected or hung from such jamb with the cooperating lock on a like opposite jamb, and stops secured to the j ambs, as also on a similarly constructed head piece, such stops being readily secured in place for stopping the door or the like in the proper plane, so that it will not swing back therefrom or wind. In structures having pre-formed stops, wind will occur inasmuch as it is impracticable to always line up the frame parts so that when thedoor is hung and brought against its stops, it will have a certain amount of back swing past the normal plane of the door. By the present invention, all errors and tolerances in constructing or erecting the frame relative to the partitions or walls, will not have any effect on the mounting of the door, the latter being capable of being quickly and properly setup in proper alinement or normal plane.

Other objects, advantages, capabilities and features are comprehended by the invention as will later appear and are inherently possessed thereby.

Referred to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a view in elevation with parts in broken section, of a door construction made in accordance with the invention. 7

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken in a plane represented by line 22 in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

And, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of a part of the jamb at the side of the door, with the buck and an anchor member.

Referring now more in detail to the draw= 1927. Serial No. 196,650.

ings, the embodiment selected to illustrate the invention is shown as comprising a sheet metal buck 1, having trim portions 2 at each side, of any suitable form or design and extending from the opening and over the plaster 3 of the partition 4, withanchor portions 5 embedded in the plaster 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Such partition may be made up of tiles 6 or the like as shown. In the opening the buck has a channel portion 7, the open portion of the channel being in communication with the opening in the wall as clearly shown. To the. back of the channel may be secured, as by welding, one or more anchor members having a flange 8 secured to the back of the channel and a flange 9 adapted to be embedded or held between upper and lower tiles of the partitions or. walls. These anchor members will act as means for holding the channel 7 in proper and desired position.

Within the channel member is fitted a wooden jamb piece 10 which may be held in place by means of screws 11 passing through suitable apertures provided in the trim pieces 2 and side walls 12 of the channel 7 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The door 13 may be of any suitable construction and connected by means of a hinge 14 and screws 15 and 16 to the jamb 10 as clearly shown in Fig. 2. When mounting the door, it may be swung to proper position or plane and then the stop 17, which may also be of wood, secured in place on the jamb 10 by any suitable securing elements. On the opposite side, the jamb is of the same construction and the lock connected thereto with a corresponding stop 17 connected in proper position so that the door will not have a back swing or wind.

From the above it will be apparent that the invention is simple in construction and may be readily assembled at small cost.

While I have herein described and upon the drawing shown an illustrative embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that it is not limited thereto but may comprehend other constructions, details, arrangements of parts and features without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus disclosed the invention, 1'

claim:

1. A frame for building openings, comprising a metal buck having trim portions engaging the sides of a partition and a channel in said buck, and a j amb member in said chan= nel and to the exterior of which member a door and a door stop may be attached.

2. A frame for building openings, comprising a metal buck having trim portions engaging the sides of a partition and a channel in said buck, anchor members connected to said channel and anchored between tiles of said partition, and a jamb member in said channel and to the exterior of Which member a door and a door stop maybe attached.

3. A frame for building openings, comprising a metal buck having trim portions engaging the sides of a partition and a channel in said buck, a jamb member in said channel and to the exterior of which member a door and a door stop may be attached, and securing elements passing through the sides of said channel and. into said jamb member.

4:. A frame for building openings, comprising a metal buck having trim portions engaging the sides of a partition and a channel in said buck, anchor members connected to said channel and anchored between tiles of said partition, a j amb member in said channel and to the exterior of which member a door and a door stop may be attached, and securing elements passing through the sides of said channel and into said jamb member.

5. A frame for building openings, comprising a metal buck having trim portions engaging the sides of a partition and a channel in said buck, a jamb member in said channel and to the exterior of which member a door and a door stop may be attached, and securing elements passing through said trim portions and the sides of said channel and into said j amb member. V

6. A frame for building openings, comprising a metal buck having trim portions engag ing the sides of a partition and a channel in said buck, a wooden jamb fitting in said channel and to the exterior of which amb a door may be connected, and a stop secured to said wooden jamb.

7. A frame for building openings, comprising a metal buck having trim portions engaging the sides of a partition and a channel in said buck, anchor members each having a flange rigid with said channel and a flange embedded in the partition, and a amb memher in said channel and to the exterior of which members a door and a door stop may be attached.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name to this specification.

CHARLES P. GIFFORD, 

